More than 190 new teachers got their first in-depth look at their new school system Wednesday morning, undergoing orientation as Columbia County braces for a predicted population boom.

The school system is expected to be heavily affected by a population influx caused by the relocation of the U.S. Army Cyber Command to Fort Gordon. Roughly 2,000 Army personnel have already relocated to the Augusta area over the past two years, and 4,700 soldiers and federal contractors are expected to arrive at Fort Gordon by 2019.

An Aiken man arrested in April on suspicion of trying to meet a teenage girl for sex was recently indicted in Columbia County.

A Columbia County Grand Jury indicted Derek Bryce Merchant, 26, of Kenmont Street, on charges of computer or electronic pornography, obscene contact with a child and criminal attempt to commit aggravated child molestation, according to the indictment released Friday.

Motorists on Columbia Road should be aware of some roadwork that could cause some confusion and delays.

A road construction project is moving the entrances to some roads just east of Belair Road.

Work began Monday and includes moving the entrance to North Old Belair Road west of the previous location and the entrance to Shepherd Way will shift east of its original location, according to information from the Georgia Department of Transportation. The contractor closed the old sections of those roads.